Unity, Governance, and Exclusion
What if the path to a more pluralistic and globally engaged Iran could be found not in imported ideologies or outdated sectarian divides, but in a suppressed native tradition?
4 Touko 202510min
Japan and Iran: How Japan Shaped Contemporary Iranian Society
In this episode, we talk with political theorist Dr. Reza Parchizadeh about Japanese influence on Iranian society. After exploring how Japan’s victory over Russia and its Constitutional movement inspi...
26 Heinä 202439min
Allegory in Iranian Cinema and its Societal Reflections - Part 2
This is the second part of a two-part conversation with Dr. Michelle Langford about her book Allegory in Iranian Cinema: The Aesthetics of Poetry and Resistance. In this episode, she delves into the p...
24 Touko 202423min
Allegory in Iranian Cinema and its Societal Reflections - Part 1
This is the first part of a two part conversation with Dr. Michelle Langford about her book Allegory in Iranian Cinema: The Aesthetics of Poetry and Resistance. In this episode, she discusses the moti...
29 Tammi 202421min
Women’s Rights in Iran: Challenges, Achievements, and Misconceptions
This episode marks the second part of a two-part conversation with Dr. Claudia Yaghoobi delving into the evolving landscape of sexuality in contemporary Iran. Dr. Yaghoobi discusses the Family Protect...
16 Marras 202325min
Shifting Dynamics of Sexuality in Iran: Non-linear Trajectories and Changing Sexual Norms
This is the first part of a two part conversation with Dr. Claudia Yaghoobi exploring the shifting dynamics of sexuality in Iran across a span of nearly two centuries. Dr. Yaghoobi, a professor at the...
13 Loka 202320min
Labor in Iran Today: The Impact of Privatization and the Links to Contemporary Protests
This podcast is part five of the Iran 1400 Project's labor series, and it concludes a three-part interview with Dr. Kaveh Ehsani, an associate professor at DePaul University. Dr. Ehsani sheds light o...
18 Elo 202315min
Shaping the Workforce: Iranian Workers’ Adaptation to Industrialization
This is the fourth episode of the Iran 1400 Project’s series on labor in Iran and the second of a three-part conversation with Dr. Kaveh Ehsani about the social history of labor and oil. Dr. Ehsani, a...
18 Heinä 202323min
